timberman
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of timberman
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at timber, man
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The concept dates to 1917, when a wealthy Michigan timberman named Charles Lathrop Pack started the National War Garden Commission, according to the World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
Born in Alder Gulch, Mont, in 1869, son of a well-to-do timberman, Thompson went to school at Exeter, was popular but undistinguished, formed a friendship with Thomas W. Lament that lasted all his life.
From Time Magazine Archive
"If he holds his gait, he'll be a big timberman before you know it."
From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
The man on the seat, talking to another on the ground, was Mr. Gedney Raffer, the timberman who was contending at law with Uncle Henry.
From Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret by Carr, Annie Roe
She came in sight of the young timberman and his outfit.
From Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret by Carr, Annie Roe
Proulx presents a thrilling, 300-year saga about the vast forests and the rapacious timbermen who enabled the United States to conquer the world.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2016
Student teachers pay for the privilege of being counselors, and dozens of volunteers, from timbermen to Navy Seabees, chip in everything from cash to carpentry.
From Time Magazine Archive
When timbermen tried to go on their own lands, they were seized by the officious Marine guards of the camp and escorted off by the seat of the pants.
From Time Magazine Archive
So heavy is that burden that timbermen have been forced to slash off and sell their timber prematurely; and they cannot afford to reforest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here at the waterfront taverns a motley crowd of loggers and raftsmen, woodsmen and timbermen, were wont to gather for nights of revelry.
From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine
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